Introduction to Jewish Life Cycle Rituals and Practices
by Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram

 

Publisher's Release
Date is for Hanukkah  2008

Living Jewish Life Cycle:
How to Create Meaningful
Jewish Rites of Passage
at  Every Stage of Life

 

 

 

 


by Rabbi Goldie Milgram

from Jewish Lights Publishing
and available through all major
booksellers in stores & on-line.

 

 Life can be very lonely without powerful life cycle rituals which gather your  inner circle of friends and family during times of celebration, separation, maturation and mourning.

Contents:

Birth & Loss: Discover Jewish rituals and prayers for making love, conception, Jewish baby naming, miscarriage, adoption and infertility rituals.

Marriage & Divorce: Spiritual preparation for a Jewish wedding, ritual immersion made meaningful, approaches to family understanding and forgiveness,  management of interfaith family issues, Jewish same sex weddings, understanding the Jewish divorce process, the importance of a "get", adding spirituality to the Jewish divorce process. Special section for couples on how to attain and sustain spiritual intimacy.

Bar Mitzvah & Bat Mitzvah: Thirteen sacred shifts possible to transform youth or adult bar/bat mitzvah into a healthy, meaningful and memorable rite of passage. How to write a remarkable d'var Torah (Torah teaching). Reclaiming and transmitting Jewish culture for your party and the sake of the Jewish future and it's great fun too.

Changes in Lifestyle, Body & Health: Discover Jewish healing practices and healthy rites for transitions such puberty and menopause, retirement, grand parenting, dealing with aging parents, etc.

Dying, Death, Funeral & Mourning: A complete traditional guide to the Jewish process for death and dying taught through the lens of the relevance, meaning, timing and implications of each practice.

Green Party-Planning Guide: simple, effective, ethical.